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New research suggests that abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells might be exacerbated by elevated body mass index.

There is a unique combination of people and resources at the U with no barrier between wilderness and work.

Understanding geographic distribution, ancestry of disease could help identify people who are at risk.

A mutation in the ROR2 gene is linked to beak size reduction in numerous breeds of domestic pigeons. Surprisingly, mutations in ROR2 also underlie a human disorder called Robinow syndrome.

The method, called MIC-Drop, enables rapid screening of hundreds of genes in a single experiment.

Collaborator genes may influence severity of a rare disease, NGLY1 deficiency.

Discovery could lead to better prediction of suicide risk within families.

Elde, an evolutionary geneticist, lauded for his creativity and wide-ranging intellectual curiosity.

Efforts to understand the genetics of neurological diseases leads to a potential treatment.

From 2007 to 2009, a yellow fever virus outbreak nearly decimated El Parque El Piñalito’s howler monkey populations. Exposure to a past virus may have aided brown howlers’ survival.